how to remove X-Powered-By in ExpressJS [duplicate]
I want to remove X-Powered-By for Security,Save Bandwidth in ExpressJS(node.js). how to do it? it could be filter(app.use) ?
app.use(function(req,res,next_cb){ /* remove X-Powered-By header */ next_cb(); }
Don't remove it; ask Express not to generate it in the first place:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/12484642/506073
Go to your app.js
and just after:
var app = express();
Add:
app.disable('x-powered-by');
The better way to do it is:
app.disable('x-powered-by');
You can also make a middleware to remove any header like so:
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
res.removeHeader("X-Powered-By");
next();
});
See more info on how to remove a header:
http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_response_removeheader_name
Middleware snippet from: Can't get rid of header X-Powered-By:Express
function customHeaders( req, res, next ){
// Switch off the default 'X-Powered-By: Express' header
app.disable( 'x-powered-by' );
// OR set your own header here
res.setHeader( 'X-Powered-By', 'Awesome App v0.0.1' );
// .. other headers here
next();
}
app.use( customHeaders );
// ... now your code goes here